In the Early Childhood, Pre-K Curriculum, Guildeline 1, Objective 2 is all about creating an experience so that a child can demonstrate confidence in a range of abilities.
This is objective is outlined by state curriculum exactly as follows:
Is aware of and believes in own abilities.
Provide opportunities and time for the children to solve problems.
Allow children to revisit learning experiences and improve on earlier attempts.
Remind children of their past successes.
Attempts challenging activities.
Design learning experiences that are challenging, but within children’s abilities.
Help children identify the challenging factor in an activity and come up with possible strategies.
Asks for help when needed.
Set up a routine for children to ask for help (e.g., children ask for help from two peers before asking assistance from an adult to get out the large blocks).
Design activities that require collaboration between students.
Model asking for and accepting help (e.g., “Can you help me carry these baskets? Thank you. It would take me two trips if I did it by myself ”).
(This guideline's objective description, along with other guidelines and objectives can be found at and attributed to UEN standards and resources, available at: http://www.uen.org/k12educator/ )
Lesson Ideas That Correlate With Guideline 1, Objective 2
Linked below are lesson ideas that will both challenge the child and provide confidence in one's abilities to solve problems: http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L501
In the Early Childhood, Pre-K Curriculum, Guildeline 1, Objective 2 is all about creating an experience so that a child can demonstrate confidence in a range of abilities.
This is objective is outlined by state curriculum exactly as follows:
(This guideline's objective description, along with other guidelines and objectives can be found at and attributed to UEN standards and resources, available at: http://www.uen.org/k12educator/ )
Lesson Ideas That Correlate With Guideline 1, Objective 2
Linked below are lesson ideas that will both challenge the child and provide confidence in one's abilities to solve problems:
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L501
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L62
Learning can be fun! Below are some links to games that your child can play at home to increase literacy, learning, and make good use of computer time:
http://pbskids.org/superwhy/#game/alphabricks
http://pbskids.org/sesame/games/cookieLetterOfDay.html
There are many age appropriate web-sites that children can use with parental assistance. Some examples are:
http://pbskids.org/
http://www.abctooncenter.com/
And many more are found listed here:
http://www.tempe.gov/youthlibrary/preschool/preschweb.htm